Literary notes about set (AI summary)
The word "set" in literature functions as a remarkably flexible verb and noun, capable of conveying many distinct actions and states. Authors use it to denote physical placement—arranging objects like kitchen implements or chairs [1, 2]—as well as to mark the commencement of journeys or actions, with characters setting out on quests or ventures [3, 4, 5]. It also operates abstractly to indicate a state of being, as when darkness sets in or when one’s thoughts are provoked into action [6, 7]. In scholarly and poetic contexts, the term is further employed to present fixed ideas, frameworks, or even groups, such as a set of distinctions or philosophies [8, 9, 10]. Through these varied uses, "set" enriches narrative descriptions and deepens both the physical and symbolic landscapes of literary works [11, 12].
- I went into the kitchen to tell Praskovya to set the samovar, and there I saw on the table some pretty little carrots and turnips like playthings.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - He brought her a cake at the refreshment-booth, and set her on a seat.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence - late in the evening Labuish and LaPage set out to join Collins and Cruzatte in order to resume their hunt early tomorrow morning.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis - Early the next morning Juan, with his cap, sandals, and key, set out to look for the princess.
— from Filipino Popular Tales - The Musquetors being So excessively tormenting that the party was all on board and we Set out at day light and proceeded on very well.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis - It was something extraordinary, and set me to thinking.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood - It was a gloomy December day, and darkness seemed already to have almost set in.
— from The History of a Crime by Victor Hugo - This doctrine is the well-known Yoga-chara, which has been well set forth by Doctor Edkins in his scholarly volume on Chinese Buddhism.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis - Another set of distinctions arises from the purpose which the propaganda officer or group may have in mind for the people whom he addresses.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger - With the haste and formalism natural to language and to law, external and arbitrary limits are set to its operation.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - The most sublime act is to set another before you.
— from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake - In the experience of watching empty time flow—'empty' to be taken hereafter in the relative sense just set forth—we tell it off in pulses.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
